MRP: 25th March 1663, Letter from Frances Dalyson to Sir GO, Hamptons
25th March 1663, Letter from Frances Dalyson to Sir GO, Hamptons
BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 13
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Abstract & context
Frances Dalyson wrote to Sir George Oxenden in a letter dated March 25th, 1663. The letter was sent from her home at the Hamptons, West Peckham, Kent.
In the letter, Frances XXX
Frances Dalyson was the wife of Maximillian Dalyson, Sir George Oxenden's nephew. Hence her signature "Yo:r most Oblig:d Niece."
She was the daughter of Thomas Stanley, a brewer and property investor, who lived in nearby Plaxtol, Kent. She was Thomas Stanley's only child by a third, late, marriage, at the age of fifty-two or fifty-three, to a much younger widow, Mary Duling. She had been married to William Duling, an alderman and former mayor of Rochester, who had run Thomas’ Rochester brewery.
Thomas Stanley was commercially successful, and had substantial wealth from diverse commercial interests, including owning brewery interests in Gravesend and Rochester, and other rent producing assets such as a fulling mill and tenements, together with the lending of money. Fifteen years before the marriage negotiations he assessed his wealth at over £10,000, and reported owning considerable property.
A portrait exists by XXXX which has been identified as a portrait of Frances Dalyson. It shows XXXX
Suggested links
See biographical profile of Thomas Stanley
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(1) Check transcription against physical manuscript at BL
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Portrait of Frances Dalyson, XXXX
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Transcription
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[BL, Add. MS. XX,XXX, f. 13]
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I cannot pass by this Opportunity w:th out prsesenting my himble Service to you, & to Acqv:t you y:t I and all mine are in good health as Mack, ?Betty, Tom, Matt [Mall?], & Charles, who it hath pleased God to bless mee w:th sincerely since o:r departure out of England, I praise y:e Lord they all grow and Thrive well, Mack presents his most humble Duty to you he is suddenly to goe to Schole, I thinck to Tunbridge, my Mother saith if you doe not hasten yo:r returne she will send him to fetch you home where yo:r presence is much desired Especially by [?????? – has something been deleted by me?]
[RH side] Yo:r most Oblig:d Niece
humble Serv:t
[LH side] Hamptons March y:e 25:th 1663
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